Don't let this happen to you and your steering setup.....

[Foolwitools]

Hi guys! I spent a few hours over the summer setting up a tunnel for friends to play with so everyone could have a try when we went to the pond. I didn't have a hi torque servo to set it up with, so I used a standard Futaba servo just for setting up the cables. I usually use Hi tech servos( they are the same size) and planned to buy one for this rig. When the day came, I bolted in the new Hi Tech, hi torque servo fresh from the hobby shop and to the pond we went.

After telling a buddy about how easy it was to get started and how it was pretty simple to set up the radio gear, I started the boat and threw it in the water. My friend added about 3/4 throttle and starter a tight right turn..................and there it stayed........ round and round and round ............. After the embarassment, we figured out the Futaba servo arm I used to set things up with didn't exactly fit the Hi Tech servo. It all looks good on the bench. but a little field testing proved otherwise. This may be common Knowlege to most of you, but it sure suprised me!

 

[GTR]

Hi Bob,

This was discussed recently on the Villian forum. We discovered that Hitec have a spline all their own. I guess the manufacturers have to do something to make you buy more of their gear.

GT

 

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I've seen a lot of guys do the same thing as you. Only difference is there boats crashed! God forbid the servo companies use the same horns or the same wire configuration! LOL

 

[Ken Hildreth]

This is so true, That darn futaba arm will fit just good enough to fool you. and when you switch to the hi-tech, if you use their arm you have to adjust things slightly to make it work. I have seen worse results from someone finding that out the hardway. At least the boat survived it ok. Ken

 

[_laxmasta2039]

the other thing you hafta watch out for is JR's gear is reversed to futaba's [eg a futaba servo on a jr reciever will go reverse to the JR servo on the same reciever]......been there done that!

[mine didnt crash either though]

Joe